vendredi 29 août 2014

"With a knife in his hand, a pig butcher said he would chop me. He wanted his spirit back" (taken from his interview for the South China Morning Post)

I haven't posted anything on photography for quite some time now, which is a shame because it's my other obssession. I'm ending this losing streak now! I'm so glad I finally got to discovery Fan Ho's work. I really need his pictures in my life.

The lights, the compositions, the subjects, everything's perfect in Fan Ho's street pictures.

vendredi 22 août 2014

First release on Death Waltz Originals is a collaboration between Umberto & Antoni Maiovvi, two macabre soundscape super heroes you probably heard of if you follow my blog.

It's called 'The Hook & Pull Gang’ and, actually, it's the full re-score of the The Texas Chain Saw Massacre OST.
The duo will also perform it live, during the screening, at MondoCon & Beyond Fest in September. So just buy your ticket and go if you have the ipportunity!

The double album comes on coloured swirl vinyl and will only be available at the screenings. The release is limited to 800 copies.

mardi 19 août 2014

Sonar Kollektiv is about to release another interesting compilation. This one's dedicated to venezuelan producer Daniel Grau's Cosmic Disco productions between 1978 and 1982.

Prior to this release, Sonar will drop a couple of remix EPs. Vol.1 has Daniel Wang and Jules Etienne masterfully reworking two tracks. Even if you don't know the originals, you'll love the remixes. they're hot like fire.

dimanche 17 août 2014

This new EP is the premise of the third “Computer Incarnations For World Peace”, which should be released very soon (according to Sonar Kollektiv).

Airport of Love” by Love International came out in 1981 on Polydor
France as the flipside of “Dance On The Groove (And Do The Funk)” and
was back then most notably a huge club and radio hit in Italy. Behind the project “Love International” were the two french guys
Phillipe Chany and Philippe Kootchey, who – despite the considerable
success – only produced this single track together. Chany has been a
busy bee as a producer up to this very day, achieving worldwide success
together with Caroline Loeb („C'est La Ouate“ was Number One in 17
countries in 1986), helping Jean-Paul Gaultier to start his own career
in music and being a well respected solo artist and composer of film
music with a remarkable output.

Remix duties are handles by Tigersushi's head honcho Joakim and Freedarich.
Have a listen, the reworks rock!

The pace of the tracks is generally slower. than DJ Marfox's tracks for instance. I find them more melodic and warmer with marimba's, conga's, African rhythms mixed to house, ambient, electronica & dance.

It definitely is today's sound (that too often used future thing i've been guilty of doesn't really matter in the end) and I can't wait to hear more from the crew and Principé Discos.

lundi 4 août 2014

Available in september as an expansion pack and it seems quite interesting tool to make edits.

Announcing Serato Flip. A brand new Expansion Pack for Serato DJ that
allows you to create custom edits, extend and re-imagine your music. Available this September with Serato DJ 1.7 - Flip allows you to
record your cue point and censor actions which can be saved and looped,
ready to re-trigger and start an instant. Use Serato Flip to create and
save up to 6 Flips per track, ready for playback in the studio or the
club. The original idea of being able to record and playback cue point
information in a simple way was first pitched to us by NZ producer P
Money, who was already using Serato to put beats together by manually
triggering cue points.Not only a great beat sketch pad, Serato Flip can also be used as a
powerful DJ tool. The simple, yet effective control set designed with
the DJ in mind allows you to use it in your set in a number of ways:

Flip SavingSave 6 different Flips per track. Serato Flip information is saved to
your tracks metadata and doesn't edit the audio of the track. You can
delete cue points and your Flip will still be remembered.

Hardware Controls, Keyboard Shortcut & Midi MappableControl Flip directly from your computer or your controller with a
keyboard shortcut and hardware controls being mapped for supported
current and future hardware. Flip controls are also MIDI mappable for
use with the MIDI controller of your choice.

Looping / Loop SnapChoose whether your recorded Flip plays through once or loops. Select
whether your looped Flip will snap to an end-point that's on beat with
your track.

Recall and ReplayTurn Flips ON / OFF and start your Flip on track load or whenever you like.

Make perfect editsPlatter movements aren't recorded so you can move the platter to an
exact point and trigger a cue point to make the perfect Flip.

Name your FlipsJust like Serato DJs nameable Cue Points you can also name your
Flips. The name of your Flip will appear in the deck info area when the
track is loaded.